From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:32:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * Correct the /etc/default conffile/config file stuff I mucked up X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=32858aa7166018de6369008f1110d6be82ed1955;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git * Correct the /etc/default conffile/config file stuff I mucked up Author: jdg Date: 2001/06/18 23:18:37 * Correct the /etc/default conffile/config file stuff I mucked up (sorry Joey!) [10.3.2] git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-129 --- diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 3d35f66..503a93e 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -4580,18 +4580,18 @@ test -f <var>program-executed-later-in-script</var> || exit 0 change. As the scripts themselves are frequently <tt>conffile</tt>s, modifying them requires that the administrator merge in their changes each time the package - is upgraded and the <tt>conffile changes</tt>. To ease + is upgraded and the <tt>conffile</tt> changes. To ease the burden on the system administrator, such configurable values should not be placed directly in the script. Instead, they should be placed in a file in - <tt>/etc/default</tt>, which typically will have thesame + <tt>/etc/default</tt>, which typically will have the same base name as the <tt>init.d</tt> script. This extra file should be sourced by the script when the script runs. It must contain only variable settings and comments in POSIX - <prgn>sh</prgn> format. It should not be a - <tt>conffile</tt>, but a configuration file maintained by - the package maintainer scripts. See <ref id="config files"> - for more details. + <prgn>sh</prgn> format. It may either be a + <tt>conffile</tt> or a configuration file maintained by + the package maintainer scripts. See <ref id="config + files"> for more details. </p> <p>